High levels of asymptomatic and subpatent Plasmodium falciparum parasite carriage at health facilities in an area of heterogeneous malaria Transmission intensity in the Kenyan highlands

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1101-1108

  Stresman, Gillian H ^a   Stevenson, Jennifer C ^a   Ngwu, Nnenna ^a   Marube, Elizabeth ^a   Owaga, Chrispin ^a   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Bousema, Teun ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMISININ; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 2;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; BED NET; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; KENYAN; MALARIA; MALE; OBSERVATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRANSMISSION;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84918807078     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.14-0355     Document Type: Article

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